Improvement in folding covers for sewing-machines



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Folding Covers fur Sewing-Machines. 110.141,16), Paremed1uiy22,187s.

f OZ' UNTTEE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL J. PUSEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM H.GROVE, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING COVERS FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,169, dated July 22,1873 application led April 17, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known th at I, SAMUEL J AMEs PUsEY, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented an Improvement in Folding Covers for Sewing-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to provide a cheaper, more convenient, andless bulky -folding cover for sewing-machines than those of ordinaryconstruction, and I accomplish this object by constructing and adaptingthe cover to a sewing-machine table iu the manner which I will nowproceed to describe, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, inWhich- Figure l is a perspective view of the cover as it appears Whenfolded; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the unfolded cover andsewingmachine table 5 Fig. 3, a sectional view of the cover and table 5Fig. 4, an enlarged vievs7 of part of Fig. 3.

rIhe cover consists of a top piece, a, of sides b b', hinged thereto atm, of an end piece, d, hinged to the side b at y, and of an end piece,d', hinged to the table A at z. When folded, as shown in Fig. 1, thecover forms a simple rectangular box, which lits over the machine, andis retained in proper position upon the table, partly by a projection,j', on the latter, against which the end d of the cover rests, andpartly by its end piece d', which is permanently hinged to the saidtable; or, if this is not sufficient, pins on the under edges of thesides b b may be adapted to corresponding holes in the table. When themachine is to be used the cover is lifted from the same and inverted,unfolded, and laid upon the table, so that its top a and sides b b shallform a continuous extension-leaf for the latter, as shown in Fig. 2.rIhe extension-leaf overhangs the table considerably, and requires,

therefore, to be secured or supported to prevent it from toppling over.rIhe simplest fastening which I have devised for this purpose Ais thearrangement of pins illustra-ted in Figs. 3 and 4, one pin, e, on theprojection j' of the table entering a hole in the end of the portion aof the cover, and a pin, o', of the latter entering a hole in the table,or the reverse of this arrangement might be employed.

It will be observed that the folding cover is of much more simple andeconomical construction than those in common use, and that it is morecompact and convenient for the operator, as, when unfolded, it occupiesbut a portion of the top of the table, and that at the left-hand Ysideof the saine, Where it is needed for the support ot' the work.

I claim as my invention- A folding cover for sewing-machines in whichthe top, front, and back are hinged together, as described, so that theymay be unfolded, inverted, and laid directly upon the top of the tableat one side of the machine, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

S. J. PUSEY.

Witnesses:

WM. A. STEEL, HUBERT HoWsoN.

